Source: Flickr user Joi Ito. The stock market is arguably the best wealth creator in the world, yet it remains one of the most elusive and confusing concepts for many Americans. The Financial Industry ...

In general terms, the stock market is where investors buy and sell shares of stocks. There are two types of markets: the primary capital market and the secondary capital market. In the primary capital ...

Stocks last year enjoyed their biggest gains since 1997. All the key market indicators that measure stock performance posted handsome returns. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 26.5% in 2013, ...

Warren Buffett, probably the most successful money manager of the past 30 years, summed it up nicely: The best time to buy stocks is when it's hardest to buy stocks. If you have a lot of cash, and you ...

I’ve always wondered why basic money management isn’t taught in our prep, primary and high schools. I’m not referring to subjects like commerce and economics, electives for older students. What I’m ...

Despite its popularity in the news today and the possibility of earning lucrative returns, investing in the stock market can seem like a rather formidable activity. Stock markets are a great way of ...

An ETF, or Exchange-Traded Fund, is a collection of multiple stocks or bonds. Some individuals use an ETF as a tracking index to track stock or bond performance. An ETF is traded daily in the same ...